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Thursday, March 27, 2014

Cover reveal and...whoa. What is this blog thing? Really, I used to do this all the time?

It's long-lost me.

A lot, and I mean a LOT has changed since my last post here.

My relationship with a longtime publisher dissolved, I left my job as an editor with said publisher and went 100% freelance (and will never look back, lol. Freelancing is the bomb!), and sadly, a friendship went up in smoke. That part was a painful bummer.

But, like the phoenix rising from the ashes...

Some of my books are getting a home with Hearts Desire Press, where the talent is amazing and the owner is the best.

And I'm going to self-publish my other books. Which is a whole new frontier of "stuff I gotta master". And I've let myself get a little off-track, by trying to research and learn Every Thing an Indie Author Must Do. Which is beyond overwhelming. But what I figured out last night was, instead of trying to make lists and not forget and keep track to make sure I do "everything" to promote, I can do some things. And later do the other things.

One of those "things" I'm doing is setting up a newsletter. Over the years, I've culled so many email addresses from people who've asked to be added. And, well...I've still never sent out a dang newsletter!

I'm ready to begin formatting my Fantasies, Inc books for Amazon. Here's a peek at the cover for Book 1 (formerly known as Fantasy Mountain).

Isn't she lovely? On a referral from two of the lovely authors I've worked with in both contracted and freelance capacity (Jennifer Lowery and Jessi Gage), I had Kim Killion of The Killion Group design my covers. The new cover for Victoria's Secret Wish should be ready later this week.

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